Alex Kerr

Alex Kerr was the head of the UDA South Belfast Brigade from 1989 to 1995, between Jackie McDonald's two terms, as well as a founder of the Loyalist Volunteer Force.

Biography
Alex Kerr was born in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and his mother was from County Donegal in Ireland. Kerr joined the Ulster Defense Association during The Troubles and took over the South Belfast Brigade of the UDA in 1989 after Jackie McDonald went to prison. Kerr was opposed to a united Ireland, instead favoring a repartitioning of the island so that the Protestants and Catholics were separated. In 1996, due to his rejection of the peace process, he founded the Loyalist Volunteer Force, which was rivals with the UDA in addition to the Irish republicans. In 2002, he denounced UDA leader Jackie McDonald, and he went into hiding to escape certain death at the hands of his former UDA comrades.